--- a/RestDbGisApi.py	Mon Sep 19 16:33:02 2011 +0200
+++ b/RestDbGisApi.py	Tue Sep 20 11:19:35 2011 +0200
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
                     "id": "text",
                     "gis_id": "text",
                     "coord_lat": "numeric",
-                    "coord_lon": "numeric"
+                    "coord_lon": "numeric",
+                    "the_geom": "the_geom"
                    }
     
     def getTableOwner(self,schema,table):

--- a/RestDbInterface.py	Mon Sep 19 16:33:02 2011 +0200
+++ b/RestDbInterface.py	Tue Sep 20 11:19:35 2011 +0200
@@ -318,7 +318,12 @@
             # 400 Bad Request
             RESPONSE.setStatus(400)
             return
-        
+    def getAttributeNames(self,schema='public',table=None):   
+        return self.executeSQL("SELECT attname FROM pg_attribute, pg_class WHERE pg_class.oid = attrelid AND attnum>0 AND relname = '%s';"%(table))
+
+    def getAttributeTypes(self,schema='public',table=None):   
+        return self.executeSQL("SELECT field_name, gis_type FROM public.gis_table_meta_rows WHERE table_name = '%s';"%(table))
+         
     def showTable(self,format='XML',schema='public',table=None,REQUEST=None,RESPONSE=None):
         """returns PageTemplate with tables"""
         logging.debug("showtable")
@@ -342,15 +347,36 @@
     def getTable(self,schema='public',table=None,sortBy=1,username='guest'):
         """return table data"""
         logging.debug("gettable")
-        try:
-          if sortBy:
-            data = self.executeSQL('select * from "%s"."%s" order by %s'%(schema,table,sortBy))
-          else:
-            data = self.executeSQL('select * from "%s"."%s"'%(schema,table))
-        except:
+        attrNames=self.getAttributeNames(schema,table)
+        attrTypes=self.getAttributeTypes(schema,table)
+        attrString=""
+ #        try:
+        for name in attrNames['rows']:
+              logging.debug("name: ", name[0])
+              not_added=True
+              if name[0] == "the_geom":                        #FJK: the table column is "the_geom"
+                     attrString=attrString+"ST_AsText("+name[0]+"),"
+                     not_added=False
+                     break
+              for a_iter in attrTypes['rows']:
+                 not_added = True
+                 logging.debug("attrTypes.field_name: ", a_iter[0])
+                 if a_iter[0]==name[0]:            
+                     logging.debug("attrTypes.gis_type: ", a_iter[1])            
+                     if a_iter[1] == "the_geom":                        #FJK: the table column is registered in gis_table_meta_rows as type "the_geom"
+                         attrString=attrString+"ST_AsText("+name[0]+"),"
+                         not_added=False
+              if not_added:
+                  attrString=attrString+name[0]+","
+        attrString=str(attrString).rsplit(",",1)[0] #to remove last ","
+        if sortBy:
+            data = self.executeSQL('select %s from "%s"."%s" order by %s'%(attrString,schema,table,sortBy))
+        else:
+            data = self.executeSQL('select %s from "%s"."%s"'%(attrString,schema,table))
+ #       except:
             """ table does not exist """
-            fields=self.get
-            self.createEmptyTable(schema, table, fields)
+ #           fields=self.get
+  #          self.createEmptyTable(schema, table, fields)
         return data
 
     def hasTable(self,schema='public',table=None,username='guest'):

--- a/gis_gui/blocks/tablestructure.js	Mon Sep 19 16:33:02 2011 +0200
+++ b/gis_gui/blocks/tablestructure.js	Tue Sep 20 11:19:35 2011 +0200
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         var row = [];
         for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
             colheads.push({'sTitle': fields[i].name});
-            row.push(getHtmlSelectFromList(['text','number','gis_id','coord_lat','coord_lon','id'],fields[i].type,'class="type_'+fields[i].name+'"'));
+            row.push(getHtmlSelectFromList(['text','number','gis_id','coord_lat','coord_lon','the_geom','id'],fields[i].type,'class="type_'+fields[i].name+'"'));
         }
         // Add DataTables functionality
         $(tbl).dataTable({

--- a/zpt/HTML_schema_table.zpt	Mon Sep 19 16:33:02 2011 +0200
+++ b/zpt/HTML_schema_table.zpt	Tue Sep 20 11:19:35 2011 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <table tal:attributes="id element_id">
       <thead>
         <tr>
-	      <th tal:repeat="field fields" tal:content="python:field[0]"/>
+	      <th tal:repeat="field fields" tal:content="python:field[0].replace('st_astext','geometry',1)"/>
         </tr>
       </thead>
       <tbody>